1. Presentation

2. Step 1: Choose your pertinent issue/topic by narrowing down or thinking specifically about one broader topic. Ambiguity and meaning Connotation/denotation Persuasive language Expert opinion Propaganda Lost in Translation Code switching Value Laden words/emotive words Second Language acquisition Advertisements Media: gender, politics Media: censorship/freedom of speech. Grammar Euphemism Language and certainty Labels and Stereotypes Implied meaning Assumption Language and thought

3. Pertinent issue/topic: How do advertisements on social networking sites target either males or females simply through language?

4. Step 2: Knowledge Claims (assumed truths) and Implications 1. Advertisers utilize their knowledge of gender to target. – What does that imply?: It implies that marketing companies know what males and females want.

5. 2. Language might appear to be gender neutral, but words like “slim” and “smooth” are clearly aimed at feminine values. Implications-The Language reinforces sometimes negative views women and men have of themselves. (I would come up with 2 more knowledge claims…)

6. WoK, AoK Knowledge Claim 1: Language, emotion, logic, human sciences, ethics, mathematics. Knowledge Claim 2: Language, human sciences, ethics.

7. Propositions Targeted advertising saves companies from marketing to the wrong demographic. – Analytical, value judgment – PROBLEMS of KNOWLEDGE/COUNTER CLAIMS Bias (assumption), gullibility What if a male is shopping for his girlfriend? What about the LGBQT community? *I would do this for each of my four knowledge claims.

8. Don’t forget Real life examples Global perspectives Your goal is to EXPLORE and EDUCATE, you might end up being persuasive, but your goal is not to persuade.